Hosiery forming and drying device



Sept. 28, 1943. H, E STQQT 2,330,757

HOSIERY FORMING AND DRYING DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1940 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 IN VENTOR.

ATTORNEY INVENTOR.

H. E. STOUT HOSIERY FORMING AND DRYING DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1940 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 ATTORNEY Sept. 28, 1943.

llll Sept- 1943. H.-E. STOUT I HOSIERY FORMING AND DRYING DEVICE Filed Nov. 22, 1940 5 Shets-Sheet INVEOR. Ham/d 5 0701/7 ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 28, 1943 ICE . ,HOSIERY FORMING AND DRYING DEVICE Harold E. Stout, Reading, Pa. Application November 22, 1940, Serial No. 366,602

3 Claims. (01. 223-76) My invention relates to hosiery forming and drying devices, particularly of the internally heated type, and to means for, and methods of,

producing novel functions in the construction, arrangement, support, weight, cost, operation,

rigidity, safety, degree and distribution of heat, time of drying, fluid-pressure resistance, adaptation of hosiery. of different forms, and other features.

Heretofore, it has been suggested to produce internally heated hosiery forms by casting them of aluminum with sand cores, in which the percentage of defectivecastings and losses therefrom, caused bythin walls and other factors, are unduly large. l

,Also, since, aluminum. casting is relatively porous, such prior devices,-where fluid such as steam under pressure is employed as the heating medium, are subjectto leakage, and the construction is such as to limit the steam pressureto very low values, and consequently, to reduce the degree .of-heat, and extend the time of drying hosiery. 1

Excess steam pressure, as from a defective reducing valve, has been known to cause violent bursting of such cast aluminum forms, causing considerable loss, and endangering the operators.

Such prior structure, by reason of the stated objections, was replaced by forms each constructed of pressed-steel half portion'swelded to each other, with a partition therebetween, in an endeavor to provide positive directional travel for the steam into the form at one end, therealong to a position adjacent to the other end, and back to the entrance. 4

The partition, although effectively .welded to one of the form halves, is notefiectively sealed to the other half, caused by welding difliculties with this particular construction, so that shortcircuiting of the steamand air in the form occurs. Thepartition is also, only in the leg portion and in part of the foot portion, but not in the'toe section, such that the steam does not traverse a uniform path, and does not adequately heat the toe'portion, particularly where a replaceable or substitute toe portion, larger than a similar portion of minimum size, is in position.

Hosiery forms of such'character are clamped to an arm or base, through which they receive the steam, whereby yieldable gaskets, as offlrubber, must be employed between th eforms and the bases, to compensate for expansion. and contraction.

When the steam is shut off, contraction of the,

form and base causes the ingress of air at the cost, and have other-disadvantages;- rv for corners likely to injure gaskets, which must be expelled before the steam is again appliecL in order to ensure eifective heating. w'

The likelihood of the above-mentioned short circuiting, caused by defective sealing of the partition to one of the form halves, renders itimpossible to determine exactlyhow much air is trapped in the form to reduce heating, and increase the timeof drying, the stockings, i The, steel forms are heavy, more difficult to handle, expensive in manufacture, subject to rust, against which they must be protected at adde In another aspect, ofall such prior devices, Various attempts have been made to adapt certain parts of the form bodies to the reception of Many-of a selection of form elements varyingthe contour of the deviceas a whole,.such as to adapt the same more effectively to stockings of difierent sizes, lengths and shapes. i I

, Such attempts have various objections, such'as holding the removable form elements tothe base by friction alone, whereby they are not, positively .locked in position, may slip out of place, form air 25 pockets, reduce the heating at the places of application, and are otherwise ineffective.

Others are of diflicult manufacture, limited in the variety of forms, and have form elements Uwhichdo not fit. the bases effectively, are not close enough to the heating medium; have edges the fabric, and are difiicult to handle. a

Stocking forms of the aforementioned types are supported either stationarily or movably, in either case of which, and particularly inthe movable type, difficulty has been had in rendering the support simple, effective, economical, durable, rigid, capable of adequate removal of moisture of condensation,.non-interfering with the work of the operators, and free from other adverse features. I l v A sllpportof-the latter character, if in the. form of an arm" also constructed of cast aluminumjhas the steampressure and leakage'defeets of the form and, if constructed of steel, is excessively heavy for operation in agroup containing a large number of such forms, as is, contemplatedby the invention. f i

(The invention hereof is Iproposedto overcome porosity, low fluid-pressure resistance, and other adverse features, as in the'alurninum forms and bases or supports, and the objections to the steel forms and'supports above set forth, in the feature of employinga mainbodymaterial which may be of aluminum, or substantially the weight and other character thereof, and have enclosed or embedded therein conduit means, such as copper tubing, to prevent leakage, provide for increased internal fluid. pressures, render the structure light in weight, and avoid air trapping, as

stated.

In a form of such character, in view of the stocking shape, and particularly where the structure is thin and contoured at its edges similar to the edges of arstoeking in. fiat form, a very great diiiiculty resides in properly floating or centering the tube in the mold, irrespective of the material of the tube, whereby to ensure uni form cross sections of the molded material in its still thinner outer casing parts; anduniformheating at its surface.

Where the body material of the arm or form is molded about the conduit, and the body is of lower melting temperature than the conduit, as in the case of an aluminum body and a copper tube", further difficulty: occurs, such that, if the temperature of the body,- material: isv not closely controlled, and other precautions, as hereinafter set forth, are not observed,- the conduit will be pitted; or" rendered useless.

Among". the objects of'my' invention are to' overcome all. of the: difficulties and adverse features above mentioned, and to provide a device that shall efiect such results at? a cost: of material, time and: egort comparable to, or less than, the

7 corresponding factors of the former devices.

Another object of the: inventionis to provide a light-weight hosiery form: element of very greatly increased internal fluid-pressure resistance in considenatibnaof such v weight;-

Another object" ofthe invention is to increase thendegree and uniformity of hea't' for, and decrease the time of, drying stockings on forms of the above-designated character.

Another object of the-inventionis'to provide a stoeking'form, or stocking forrnbase'; and a support therefor, severally and together, and} the method of making; or producing a" novel functionof, the-same, whereby conduit means is effec tively molded 'in a bodyor support of either or both, as by controlling the' relative temperatures of the; conduit andbo'dy, and supporting or centering the conduit inthe mold by'material fusible with the body-; or"by the mold and: such material; as through the use of baked portions of themoldand adde-d' length sections of theconduit for support by said bakedmold portions, and

: subsequent severing from the embedded conduit parts:

Another object of the invention is to' providea hosieryform adapted to receive atoe form' element, in, which a circuit fora. heating medium shall have a defined. path" leading into, making a return bend in; and leading from' an' extension of the foot portion for receiving the toe-form element of, the form,. and. severally therefrom or therewith, be adapted, at a position inside such bend, for adequately holding the toe-form element to the body;

Another ohjectflof" the invention is to. provide for thereception and holding o'fl form elements,

other than the toe-form element, by means coopcrating with the bodyiat a position orpositions intermediate spacedbranches of the conduit i aforesaidt'o provide effiective anchorage orsupportffor the holding means. Another'objectiof the invention is to provide a.hsiery, formbodyhavihg an extension, as in i the, toes, constituting. substantially a p1ugfor V aform element in the shape of a socket made up of separate parts whereby to more accurately fit the plug, and ensure more effective heating of the element, and providing, severally therefrom or together therewith, one or more separate-part form elements, similar to the toe-form element, but through an opening between which the form body or base extends in a manner also ensuring more accurate fit and effective heating.

Another object of thein'ventien: is to provide a hosiery form core or base that shall be adapted to receive form elements of any conceivable shape, whereby such elements may be placed severally and in combination on the base according w to any hosiery form that has been, or may be,

novel 1105113137" form structure of the above-indicated character that shall be light in weight, of smooth outer surface contour, free from air pockets, ed'ges'and corners; simple and durable in' construction, economical to manufacture; and eifectiveiir its" operation.

Another object of the: invention is to provide an internallyheat'e'd hollow hosiery form base or bcdy, which partly onentirely conforms only gen- -eral1y to av stoekingrformgi on is: partially or entirely non stocking: conforming; whereby certain or all of the stocking contour may be varied at will,

A furtherobject of the; invention is to provide ahosiery' form arm: or: support; that shallbe'more rigid; of increasediintetnalfiuid -pressure resistance; of improved cooperation as'tb' weight and other factors with other elements and similar arms in l'l'l'OVaUIGZQT-OHIT -Of such-arms, and with stationary rormsan d -provide easi more rapid and eiiective removal or moisture-or condensation',an"d haveother advanta es With such objects View; aswell as other advantages whi'ch may-be incident-to a utilization orthe im rovementsgthe invention comprises the parts and combinations thereof, hereinafter set forth in the drawings,specification and claims, with the understanding that the several ne'cessary elements' constitutingthe same may be varied in proportion, arrangement arid texture; without departingfrom the nature and scope or the invention. to

In order to make the invention more clearly understoodinieans are shown in-the accompanyingdrawings for-= carrying the same intopractical effect, withoutlimiti'ng the improvements, in the useful applications thereof to thepartibular constructions, which for the urpose of explanation are made the subject of"illustration.

, Ih'thedrawings':

Figure 1" is 97 top plan viewof-itlie" drag' of a in which on'e' ex'ample ofth'e' invention is mol'd'ed showing the bottom" half of the mold impression; the' g'ate passageways and the riser, together with a conduit held in position by m'ean's'hin this' instance, including parts of the m'o'ld"its'e1f, arid chaplets having parts fusible with the molded body;

Fig; 2 is'a sectional'detailview, on an enlarged scale} taken substantially along a line 2'?. of

Fig. l, but'also showing, parts of the cope alon this line; v

Fig; 3' is a perspective View of the chaplet elernents' shown in Fig; 2";

Fig. 41% view, in side'elevati'on, or the product of the mold of Fig 1, afterfinishing operations have removdiior't'i'ons' of tlie'I gate material, the

porting the conduit in'the mold;

line 8-8 of Fig. 7;

chaplets and conduit. sections employedin sup- 1 Fig. 5 is an enlarged sectional view, taken along the line 5' 5 of Fig. 4; i

Fig. 6 is anelevational View, taken along the line 6-4; of Fig. 4;

. Fig. '7 is a greatly enlarged view, in side eleva-.

element shown in full lines thereon, and a number of alternate toe-forrn elements therefor indicated in dot-and-dash lines;

Fig. 8 is a viewtaken substantially along the Fig. 9 is a view similar to Fig. 4, but with a toeform element in place, ofthe invention in modihalf form element, or one of two separate members making up such element; the half form element or member in this instance being for attachment to the form base of Fig. 9 at the rear side thereof, under the footportion shown, for cooperation therewith, and with the other half form, to adapt the structure to receive half hose;

Fig. 11 is a view, similar to Fig. 10, of a rear half member of a form element for adapting the structure of Fig. 9 to receive a full length stock ing;

l i Fig. 12 is a top plan view of a rear half form element similar to that of Fig. 11, but adapted to stockings of greater width in the calf and welt;

Fig. 13 is a front elevation or inside face view of the half form of Fig. 12; V

Fig. 14 is an inside face View of a rear half member of a foot form element similar to that of Fig. 9, but having rounded lower edges adapting the device to receive very" short hosiery or anklets;

Fig. 15 is a view similar to Fig. 11 or Fig. 13, of another rear half form member for full length hosiery in which a further special shape is desired; i Fig. 16 is a view similar to Fig. 14, of another 'modification of the foot form member;

Fig. l'7 shows a leg form, similar tothoseof Figs. 11, 13 and 15, but having an enlarged portion along its lower front edge;

Fig. 18 is a view of the rear half of a modified toe-form element, similar to the corresponding element of Fig. '7, but enlargedat its upper side;

Fig. 19 is a top plan view of a modified form of the invention applied to an arm or base for supporting the device of Figs. 4 or 9, showing also has similar spaces or impressions of. the'gate' 25 and the riser 26. The molded product orbody B, in this instance,

is shown in Fig. 4 as aformior receiving half hose, after the mounting ore. toe-form element T, shown in Fig. '7, on a plug endor extension E of a foot portion F, also having a heel portion H, and dispo'sed on a leg portion L having a lower length 21, and a base plate portion 33.

In the structure B of Fig. 4, a conduit 3 I, in this instance of copper, is of return-bend form having its bend 32 and portions adjacent thereto in the extension E lengths 35 extending spaced from each other from the bend, through the foot portion F, at a foot angle to the leg portion L, to lengths 36, also spaced from each other in the leg portion L and the lower length 21. All of the conduit 3|, except short lengths 31 thereof, of circular cross section near the bottom of the device, as seen in Fig. his flattened to substantially oval cross section in a front-to-back median plane of the device, as better seen in Fig. 5. 7

Reverting to Fig. 1, theconduit 31, which is initially longer than in its form of Fig.4, to the extent of additional lengths 49 of circular cross section, is placed in the drag D, as shown, with the lengths 40 supported in impressions in baked sand insert portions 42 in the sand of the drag and cope for this purpose. i

Prior to such placing'of the conduit however, the drag'is provided with lower chaplets 4|, see also Fig. 2 and 3, each comprising, a lower member 45;as of strap'steel, having end lengths 4B bent at angles tothe'bodythereof and embedded in the drag. This member is spaced clear of the mold form impression A, as indicatedirr Fig.2.

A metal stamping 41 having depending legs 59 secured .to the member 45in slots thereof, has portions 5| spacing the side-by-sidelengths or legs of the conduit from each other. The stamp- 7 ing 41, which in this instance is ofaluminum, i adapted to fuse to, or into, the metal forming the molded body B of the device of Fig. 4.

a portion of a heating-medium distributor therefor;

Fig. 20 is a View, in side elevation of the structure of Fig. 19; and

Fig. 21 is an enlarged detail sectional view, taken substantially along the line 2 I-2l of Fig. 19.

Referring to Fig. 1, a flask or mold structure M includes a lower sand mold member or drag D, in which is located half of an. impression A of a hosiery form of the invention, minus a toe-form element hereinafter set forth.

Alsoimpressed in the drag, area portion pro viding a gate space 25, and a portion defining a riser or air escape space 26.

. The other half of. the form impression A is formed in a cope C, or upper half of the flask M, a portion of which is shown in Fig. 2, and which Upper Chaplets each comprises a member 56 similar to the member 45 having angularly bent end lengths. 5! embedded in the cope C, and is also spaced clear of the mold form impression A.

A metal stamping on is secured to the member 56 similarly to the manner in which the stamping 41 is secured to the member 45, but instead of the conduit seating and centering portions 5| and 52 of the chaplet 4|, is of flat or plane form engaging the top fiat sides of the conduit legs between upwardly projecting parts of the stamping 41. I

' The stamping 6B ,is, in this instance, also of aluminum for fusing to, or into, the metal forming the molded body of the device of Fig. 4.

With one pair of chaplets firmly holding thev conduit near the toe end of the mold, another pairof chaplets similarly holding the conduit in the leg portion near the foot portion of the mold, and the added circular conduit end lengths 40 held directly by the drag and the cope, through the intermediary of the baked sand inserts 42, the molding material is poured into the gate 25, from which it spreads to all parts of the impres sio-n A. V

Withthe molding material of aluminum, as it is in this example, which is of lower melting point than the copper, such material is poured at substantially the lowest temperature at whichit will properly flow and produce an t is? preheated? to avoid wide difference of temperature, and to prevent warping andothe'r damage,

such. as pittingv the surface, or: weakening the 'texturq-cf the conduit; side walls.

1' The vconduit.:outer; surfacevmay be treated, as

, by coating with chalk or tin; to avoid the, formattfon'o'f gas upon contact: with the; molding ma,- terial, or to-providei more: intimate contact or joinder between-such material and the conduit;

During the molding, the aluminum portions All and 600i the. lower and upper chaplets 4| and 55, respectively, are fused to, orinto, the

main aluminum bodymold such as to become duitubyflthe method hereof, relative to both: the

relatively fiat thinsidesfand the relatively sharp, although rounded, front and back edges of the rel-m. 'The latter maintains. a similar section throughout, but varying in distance from front to back, with respect to. all. of. which the conduit. is symmetrically maintained. The conduit, whichthis: instance, conforms] only in gens ar s the. foot and leg portions, may, of course, bebent to. conform substantially exactly to these portions, as well as tothe heel..

i lA'tte'ntion is alsd directed to the relation of the conduitQSl to, and its jposition'in, the toe extension 'EQFigs, 4 and 6, wherein, irrespective of the thinne'ss of the molded body webs, the conduit is 'acc'urately centered. All of the extension. surface portions, and of the transverse end" surface of the foot portion at thev base of the extension, areaccurately dressed to closely fit'the toe-form element T, better shown in Figs.

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In order that the element T may accurately fit the plug orextension E, and avoid uneven heating through irregularly engaging surfaces and air pockets, it is constructed of separate halves, or plates, 15! and 62, constructed, in this instance of aluminum, and divided from each other along the median front-to-back stocki'rig 'plane, each having a depression cooperating the depre'ssionof the other to form substantially asocket for the plug. The opening in this socket could only be formed, if at all, in a solid single piece of metal, by the expenditure of great effort, skill and expense;

Other form elements, for other parts'of 'device to be hereinafterset forth, are formed similar complemental separate halves or plates, forseparate manipulation in mounting on a modification of the body, but, in the case of the toe-form element, by reason of its position at an end of the device, the half members, as shown in Figs? and 8, are permanently .joined to: each other, as byrivets 64 having end surfaces smooth fiushlwith the stocking-receiving surface of the element. The fit of the element T on the extension E is such as to be snug when the device is at operating temperatures, and easily removable and replaceable when cool, whereby to ensure effective heat transfer, and to avoid friction resistance effect during removal and replacement.

' Thehalf toe-form member .6! and the extension T are provided in this instance, with apertures for register with each other along an axis just inside the bend of the conduit, or in other words, intermediate the branches of the conduit, for the reception of a screw, 65, which is adapted for cooperation with an insert in the member 62 on the aforesaid axis. The insert 66 is of material, such as stainless steel, to provide screw threads in the member 62 for the screw 65, stronger than the same threads in the aluminum member, and is securely held in position, as by having its opposite end edges swaged, or otherwise formed, to interlock the insert with the member axially of the screw.

This arrangement of rendering the means for securing the toe-form element to the body or base operative at position intermediate the conduit branches or legs, enables such means to be a screw or other device, which is impossible in the prior hollow forms having thin walls and no material, as herein, with which such means or screw could efiectively cooperate.

The head of the screw 65 is arranged to avoid injuring the fabric, as by being slightly within the outer toe form surface, or free from slot edges at its periphery.

The outer surface of the insert 66 is similarly arranged, as by being smooth flush with the outer surface of the form.

As illustrated by dot-and-dash lines in Fig. '7, toe form elements of various sizes and lengths, but otherwise like the form T above set forth, may be provided to accommodate hosiery of corresponding toe sizes or lengths.

In the form of Fig. 4,-the device is all in one permanently united structure, except the toe, and adapted to only one general form of stocking, namely half hose.

In Fig. 9, a conduit TE], similarly to the conduit 3!, has only general leg and foot form, and a body ii, in which the conduit is molded, instead of having any parts exactly conforming to any particular stocking shape, has its parts molded all over the conduit of rectangular cross section similar to that of the extension T, although this section may be modified in both instances.

By this arrangement, not only may the toeform T be employed at'the toe end of the body H,, but this body may receive foot, heel and leg form elements of an infinite variety of shapes and sizes, to accommodate the device to any conceivable stocking. As seen in Fig. 9, in addition to the removable toe-form element T, there is shown a removable foot-form element '12, also made up'of complemental halves or plates of the cross section of Fig. 8, and secured in position, as by screws like the screws 65. The element 72, in this instance, has lower corners whereby it may continue the contour of leg-form plates 79, one of which is shown in Fig. 10, for adapting the deviceto the reception of half hose.

The'element 12 is similarly constructed for cooperation with leg-form plates ll, one of which is shown in Fig. 11, to adapt the device to hosiery of full length.

As seen in Figs. 12 and 13, one of a pair of plates ll, having a portion 8%, at its rear side, adding width thereto, is likewise adapted for position on the form body H to adapt the device to full length stockings having greater Width in the upper legs and welts.

Fig; .14 shows a plate Bl somewhat like one of to the member 8| ofFig. 14, but havinga-pon' tion 90 for wider stocking soles, a portion 9| for larger stocking heels, anda-portion 92 for wider stocking ankle or-leg portions. r e In Fig. 17, a full-length leg-form element 95,

similar to the plates of Figs. 11 ;fl3-and 15, has" rendering the same wider a front edge portion 90 in the calf and welt. I I

Fig. 18 showsa modified toe j'plate ill-having an upper side portion 98 disposed fartherqfrom the longitudinal center line thanthe lowerside, thereby adapting the toeelement to stocking toe portions of larger size in this the previously shown toe-formelements.

The above-given examples do not represent all of the forms which may be produced according to the invention, but only a sufl icien t numberof them to indicate the complete universality of the variety which may be obtained. I I

In Figs. 19 and 20 is shown a supporting arm S, for the structures of Figs.4 and 9 above set; forth,constructed in accordance with features of the invention hereof,-and,'in otherfeatures, being an element of the invention set forth in the copending application of Frank Y. Kitzmiller, Serial No. 354,152, filed August 26, 1940, on Fabric drying and shaping apparatus and method, to which reference should be had for a better understanding hereof.

The arm S is constructed of metal, such as aluminum, having tubes I and If, as of copper, cast therein, as above set forth relative to Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, with the tubes sloping upwardly and outwardly from a drum J to an outer end portion I02 of plate-like character for receiving a gasket I05, and the body B, as shown, or the body 1| of Fig. 9. v

Screws or bolts I00 extend through openings I01 in the portion I02 of the arm S, the gasket I05, and the base plate portion 30 of the body B for securing the body B and the arm S together, with the tubes I00 and NH. in register with the lengths 31 of the conduit 3|.

The slope of the tubes I00 and IN is provided, whereby these tubes not only constitute means for transmitting a heating medium, such as steam, from the drum J to the body B, and back to, the drum, but as drain means for moisture of condensation in the arm and the form.

As shown, the arm S is of hollow section for strength, tapering from relatively large cross section near the drum J to smaller cross section adjacent to the outer end portion I02, having three-screw attachment portion III) for connection to the drum, with the tubes I00 and IM in register with apertures in the drum, and sealed as by a gasket II2. I

Near the drum J, the arm S has flat-plane bottom side webs I09 for mounting on a turntable, and slotted bosses I I on the webs adapted to receive bolts or screws for adjustably securing the arm to the table.

The tubes I00 and ml, which are disposed one above the other through most of the arm, diverge I laterally near the outer end of the arm, as indicated in Fig. 19, to positions of register with dimension I than h I qri s of the conduit 3I in the bodyorform B.

the respective branches I Several of such forms are arranged radially of the drum J, whereby an operator may freely work on one, by moving her hands and arms upwardly and downwardly between the one on which she is workingand' the next adjacent forms at eitherside'thereohwithout contact with, or burning from}, the forms; or.from' obstructions between the forms or arms; as, exist in prior devices ofthis genelral nature, I In this instance, steam isthe heating medium; which, by reason of the molded-in conduit construction o'faboth the'formB and the arm S, may be supplied under pressure as high as, 'or higher than, one hundred pounds, as against the twenty or thirty pounds or generally lower limits of former cast aluminum forms, and therefore improving the devicein thisfe'ature to the extent of about three hundredto'five hundred per cent, with the consequent acceleration to the time of drying,'and theresultant increased output and economy." I I" The drum J, as better shown and describedin the above-mentioned, copendin'gj application, comprises, as here 'shown,"an outer peripheral wall I I6, upper and lower end closure walls .I I1 and'I IB, respectively, and a wall IIS intermediate .the walls H1 and 8, thereby providing a distributor chamber between the walls I I1 and H9 communicating with the outgoing live steam For further manufacturing facility, simplicity and strength, and effective operation and other advantages, the drum J may have its outer surface of the well H6 of polygonal character having an annular series of flat surfaces corresponding to the number of the arms J, which, in such case, will also have flat inner end surfaces for cooperation with the flat surface portions of the drum.

Fig. 21 shows the lower end of the body B, and of one of the branches of the conduit 3| each of which conduit branches is provided with a laterally outwardly extending flange portion I22 seated in a recess in the base plate 30 of the body B.

Each of the tubes I00 and IOI has a similar laterally outwardly extending end flange portion I23 in a recess in the plate-like portion I02 of the arm S, whereby with the gasket in position engaging the broad area surfaces of the flanges I22 and I23, as shown, steam pressure is maintained farther from the areas of division between the copper and aluminum parts than it would be if the conduits were merely severed at the ends, and a strong and efiective joint structure is produced I and maintained. The, flanges I22 and I23 are substantially flush with the end surfaces of the body B and the arm S, respectively.

A similar arrangement may be provided at the opposite ends of the tubes I00 and IOI, for similar operation in the arm S, and cooperation with the gasket I I2 and'the drum J.

The device is very effective andsafe in operation, provides a flexibility heretofore unknown in fjcjr 1 m ieb itie ve s f elem nt:

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e i r hj 'T i i lvq h e l fid Pci tm meunting h Said supporting means er l dehevmeans 9 .sa d re eiviyg means, 'i qn u t m ans to s e qs a ed m Bed; Qflir and d s a 'e f e the remainin e lengths, a e te b d m lq d a ou h ondu t Pr v nt m deed ir epeee between sai gs l n we fer-m element reqeivi g men i n a eans on the body the regmnhetween gaigi siderbyrside iat $19 motn l length p o id ng fe u mg separate membelcs of e toe form element to thebody, epd a, m e tatl .t e r r m mem includig'g separatem embegg fitti ng sa i'q receiving portions at opposite sqes of the body, each member Q a ele he l nfge ort q i er e i er w &1? a t. am d me n an wne -w h r ,ith to provide fol; completing the seciiring of aid mem er to the m y HAROLD E- STOUT. 

